The Sun. — London, England, 1809-01-02 00:00:00

cT*ik , ' • k _ v ~• , 1,. 14 . i . ' V. % a , 1 J t . )t 1„: Alk,•! - ~~. ~;~ ~ +}l Y►;, I i~^~ '^~~ '~. s ~ ~ ~~~ .`,•~- 1 .-il~ * 2 _ ~Af ~ ROBINSON. bRUSOE ; Or, Ft\RLEQUIN. FRIDAY. With the Original Music to the First Part. The 0 Ocrtutc, and the whole ()him Music to the Second Part, entirely now, conposed by Messrs. D. a iltt M: Corti. • RObillsoll Cruwe, Mr. D'EG VILLE ; Friday, Mr. LAUREN'. Boxes 6s. Second Price je.—Pit 3s. Gti: Second Price Callery 24. Second, Price ts.—Upper Gallery ss. Second . rrice,64,,-..-No %icy tuber rgturtu4l. .1.71 n Platis es'to brtalteit of Mr. Szing, at the Box. Office, Etuswll.strett. 'll2 lkors to be opened At, Half vast iye, and begin at Halt in•,st SIX. •. • Tomorrow, • the Schoolltir Sande; iVith Robinson Cru. sue;, or, Harlequin Friday, On Thursday will ; be produced a new Comedy, called Man and Wile ; or, Mote Secrets than One. ROYAL,EXCIIANCE ASSURANCE, Tstablished by'RbYal Charter the Reihn of King Gloms . . . the .F int. December, Milt. DERSONS,- Whose AorMal Premiums fall du o .b n J.. the astir instant, are hereby informed, that Receipts •lire'nowivadi. to he delivererl 4st Ow Coin pany's Offices. over the Royal Exchange Anil in Pali- Mall, as well as by their Sespedive 09 , ,enut, in the several 'Counties); and the Panics assurvtl are requested, to apply tor the kr:hi:will of their Poll. - iritsvri or bei , o, rtre4tn-iti lacithiry rosatitss'this u,uat tsenpays 411 owed tot fr ay ment. beyOnd. the Date' of each • )icy, will then . cx v ire. SAMUEL PENNING, jun. Secretary.. AtteiSitoce Logkvext, daily, at the said Otli,..es, tier the 45... surarme oft Built:taw, Goods . Metchandite, and Ships, in' Harbour, in Dock, o r white Building, (torn Loss or Dt.tmige by Fire I. and also for the Asiuratice or, and grantiirif ties on, Lives, N.B. Fire Policies will be issued free of Expenoe to the Assured, where the Annual Pt:end:tin antouilts to 6s. or . up. wands. The Premium ease 6d. per Cent, oh Fanning Stock is 'now reduced to at. per Cont.„ Existing Insurances covering istich Property wilt he reduced as they OCCOIDO tiOC, 91)0.1 al). plication to the Olticei nt - the Agent 'through WAOIII the In. 0 0 4F4life. W 41 . 1 ! 1 : 1 1 24,1 5.: i • ill . 11.1 E ATR t: ROYAL TIAY-AIA.KK tT. Tovmoaltow,. EVELZLING, ;Jim. 3 ) 0309, will he pertortned , • ' THE BEAUX STRATAGEM. ' - . ARLHQUIN AND MOTHER GOOSE i . • . tit, TiIit'COLDEN EGG. ~: The. scenery, • Machinery, Sze.' , :itre -entirciy MM. .' .. • .. lt I ) ( , i(c4 (ts.. Second Price 3s, —l' it 5..141._ Stoi wlt.l Price as. u*Gulletyls'. Second Priee Is.— u 'a , Gitility is." . Places for the 13.xes to be ;Ow p ' Of * . tir.inciug, at tit; Office, In th liay-market. .: TC AO point `to Am.:op-owed ipliall psi Vise. and htfail at .pl-- , 7- _Half past Six. • OnNecitiesdiy...Tht frOrttheit ; with Mother Game. .. On F ,_ ridq, pre‘i the I+ yessh.'—On Seturtigy, ()Wench , L 1 SOCIETY' Mit TH :a i 61101'1AM 'AN D fi,SLlte OF Mt SONS IMPIUSONFA) F )R SMA I.I.4PeTS. Cr4ven.strect, A QUARTERLY 4EN ER AL COURT af this ci y hcid here on Woclitesd4y next. the 4 4 ,6. I.tottaryoito9, Trelve o'Clock, to Audit the Accounts to tk4,4q,a04 other ep,cl4l at4irs , k. GRASSWII.I.„ Sec. " ,4 4 tt; ~... , , Y -- - AItIVI)MANI3 NAV Vi2tl ll +A(l-C. rrHE PATENT CAMPgJIEDSTEAM - iF t iviki:. 1., ture,,Mattrasses anti lleddinir, complete, are very res p ec t. Luny imoitirrietideate i Gentlerneit, 4S being an .the most portable and superior to , any others, 1144, in Laidon ; Nlartitwes, Cents, Tables and Chairs, on ItiiproVed tuinciples ; Sea Cots, sot BeLda. AO Chairs, for on Board Ship ; Muulkiittp b•lct t: utniture, and Patent Itiass:SETavy Bedsteads, tor Ilast stltd West Indies, and all Foreign Ciirtlittes, at . Mok GAN anti SAID!.) , Li RS's JP men lit M ~tead N Ila, iti l tliatirY end Ware... Rooms. _,_ . Nob ~ , t) and „1,7,, c,,atlieritie.litte,et, Stratid. ' M ottin anti SAtufe'rs's - Neetr.inventea linperlai 1?.i11 il ; Itl 1 swe l i,,, allgike t i Jo be., tpc,kruko L-54,piplete and El tit . Tables ever yet invented, are very portable, paek.l4 yr ~.., but ten Inches deep. N. B. The Fashionable Aretudled 4,41 Cluir.,o,4,,,Ware- , • , • h RESIDENCE INFI v Ul(lliSIII '1 t 1 BE .1.-F.'l7, Pot anti) Period as rnaii beAstreed on, rrl - th ALAISISION-H0L1E.44( MYLNEFIZIA completely burnished, with Coach-how and Stable, Jae. Ihe Garden will either he Lett along with the tidbit s or the Tenant may be sup flied with Fruit and Vegetables Iftett it,,at the f hilArket The Uiriten, - ciin t ,isi t rig tWo'Arrts , is enclo a cd, w ith a Stone twelve , feet high, 'has excellent Hat Hoh4et, ...web, with the (Laden, tire Stocked with the beat Fruit i ppis .44 high uraArmi t ri Thetseaut), And tee of 'tins Residence are 'Well known. It 1., bitaftted at the vas-iron eatruntity oftlio Comte of Gowrie, witihn a iiii.irter of a mile of the Pviver Tay, eighteen miles from Perth, and tour front Dundee, in which • •••ui a It lies very,ne t ar, to, the,Turnp)ko : Road where the Mail loch panes dally. Ei.try can be Oen infinediatety. Applications for further partiinatta may be made to Mr. triers, Town Clerk, or to Alea,isuler Pesirsurs, Writer to the litlirinurghl.' • ;. . . , . For SI ) RAINS, RUEUNIATISMS,- CH I I.I3LAINS, ate . 4 , , - - Or. s , TEER'S t)P,(2I)ELDOC. ) he name ' 6 4 P. Newbery; No. 4f. , St. l'aul's," is ttn4rma on the st a mp,. rotund thi: Wrapper at eseit I;uitle,','Ar , it eateluilfattended tO by Pureti3sers, :will ptiVelg 4 g being int plt sed uppn by Incthe nuitteros.Cutuiterteitt i yw t j and Country, to +which its success Alas Irvin rise. I. l ' je tar superior to att ottler cxtflifnal Applic.a. . unfit, in the Cure of liruises, Sprains,' g/ieui lia ;i sms , kc. also-i n Cr amps, Or Nuititines.s ;in stilflidS all 4 we4h rlr43B °i the' Vast , : as 111 as in•proinoting Circhlatioil in i,„' _,in - lbs w )en in . .a ardlytie'state :it is al'o the best , 1 ,;:',,h 1 1Y fur tiniblain* , if diSsuivel in a spoon,. ar;(1 “Mied an • i llni arid with pled Ket nt lint well moistened with': ita n ii ,, t ,, 11 ," ..' he Part artiicti: with ikrag, it is lett:wise from 44 4 ,d e iT"ruing quality; Of admit:Able service-in the ACCident9 (KA tomplaints to which Horses are sublettl . .thitillo •stableshould he without it.: , t,° l4 ghly by F. Nttwbery and , 901114. No. 45,-Sti.-Poults, rtiiiii"/''Yard) four Dbors trout theeunier of ethe.ll): , l4ei Ltnl'4 14 ,, i 4 t letice :Is, bit. 3 Bottle, duty Itil.lutied ; awli,hy their a p.• )1 1.. ,,,, L. ' 1 " 44 1 4 1 e ) 4t . hy , LiJcon and 4.:0 ,:,..,,,. ,..tatf0rd-street . Wade, - ( 1 14 t... -r, : . ~, ,I , a' ky and co ... 4 ......itur.street i Wand, Alid.. „u. 14„ s ,,';,;1born ; Wandsli, It 4yiti EXChartge I Dii.ey , luitl , ' 4 litrlte .. ‘• urch. yard ; tiArriltiarner ot-Ludgate.stsect i ) 411 4 bowling and' Co, Burt:4l4 T PATRE R 0 Ykiiii.oo44• 1 HIS PRESENT LTV 2/1800, will be pertbrmed ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. I STON ; Paris, Mr. PUTNAM • blercutio, Mr. BANN ; Benvolio, Mr. HOLLAND; "'Oak, Mr. DP. CAiVIP Friar Lawrence, Mr. EYRE ; Lady Caliler, Miss TII)SW ; Nurse, Mn. SPARKS.; ItaiCt. Mrs: , H. '4I,DDONS. In Actl. a Masquerade Scene. —ln oat V. a Funeral Pro. cession to the Monument of the . Capulcts. . wyrti '..; I :, '-' i . '. ft ! ,• • , - ~' • , I.'''',•• . I . -' • , . * 1 i k , e • , .. , ] 7 , 4 4; • . 4 , •3 ; 6 ... ;tie 4 t th A i „ i : '47' •, 114 IC ,-,....„ I II • ; in a ;‘ '6 ; 4 , ... r ...! I . f p.,..' i c .I: . . . • ~{~ ~'. • ADMIR/ILTY-OFFICE, Dee. 15, kiven, that a Session of Oyer and Terntiner and Gaol Dellyny, foe the T, ;Jr of Offence, eammitie'd on the 1110 Seas, nvitbin the yarildiaion rf tbi.did ',drafty vf England, will be bell at justice. Hall, in the Old Rat. ley, London, on Friday, the 2ollt of. Yams!eig 174.0 . , at .Eight In the Morning. lf:w. POLE. A, NEW MONTHLY WORK, rireE'REPO ITORY of ARTS, LITERATURE, CONINIERCIi, FASHIONS, POLITICS, Ste. Day„ Nu. 1. It F. POk.:l ro RY of ARTS, CONINI 'E, dtc. by R. ACKERMAN. tot, Strand; where Or ers and Communications will be received. This Work may be :lad of all Ow Print ewer SOokedlers, Stationers. tree. in the United XingtMtn, price 4s. • Conditions, —This Work shall be pinned on a large nate° Royld * Paper, arid delivered oho. ist Day at ‘very Mqntli, containing at least 64 Pettis ol' Letter-press, onnsisting of Lite. rattily. Philqsophy, Arts, Manufactures, Agriculture, Ho. tarty, Commerce, Polities, Antiquities, Law, Medicine, Religion, Poetry, Fashion, Sporting, Theatres New P u b. fictitious, useful Paren t s and Projeds, Music, ' Chronicle of Occurrences, Mavriages, Deaths, Biography, Bankrupts, Lloyd's List, Imports, Exports, Prices Current, State of ,Funds, Markets, ke.. • • Four Elegant. coloured Plates, designed , and executed by Artists of the first eminence; and one beautiful Wood-Cut.. • thrt of Plates in each Number. t. Ladies' fashionable Diesses,.ilte.-44., Fashionable Fur. niture, Inside. View art tasitiohahle Magazine •or Shop, with Figures,' In Imitation of the Microcosm of Lon. don, -44... Sporting Subjco, Gamk, Oaks, I [fuses, 5. A beautilur Wocg•Cuti with real 'Patterns of the m o s t fashie'llable ArticlerTor -Lailies''or Gentlemen's Dresses. • N. 13. A Prospegliraln — rhe•prini:ipal Magaaines for De. ember. 111 S MAI S r 1"S FAR MS, /IRE • BERKSHME REPORT, milt tell and Jt.r; •ptibtioweei • under the Authority of rtic lio.,rd of Agri. culture, is this day ready for , l)slivery, prke Eighteen lit in boot's, iattstratitdpy : Uuttirous Plates; iintl 04.44.10 thettsuol, p:irtieuld6 fClative to this wealthy County, it coutains a full mkt inferestiitic Actount of His' Majesty's Farming. Esi;iblishment near WinLISOIY. N.B. The grot work of. the Agricultural StirveAl is pro ceettlipglarish ragliclity towards itseompletion, and'ihe above is the twenty- eig h t h Volume now published ; the whole may be had of all Booksellers, price l'hittren Guineas uni fornilyclossAii.lo boards, or any p a r t i cu l ar ' County way'be had at i ts respeCtive price. Bridge-street, Jan. t, A NEW VOLUME, CONTEMprIKARY This Day was pyblialted,t , In a iargs Oaavo Volume, price Twelve Shillings, in boards embellished. with Portraits, - DUBUC CiikltriCTEßS 8t 11109.1 or, Full A. and Accurate Meruoni of various Pet4oll4 distinguished in the Walks . of Publiolife, in' the Senate, the Learned Profeolorts, the Army auii Navy, Literature, Conttnerce, and .the Arta; Anon* the Peteent of whom aitorevitppear biographical AcCounts in the present Volume um the followitig vii, Bishop of St, David's, Colonel A. C. Johnstone, Rev. W. Cent, Governor Clinton, Slr P. Ftailtis, K. Sir Samuel Itotrily, Marquis of Lansdowne, Gencral Sir 14tuarta Lord H. Petty. Bishop of Noitvich. Lptd,Holland,. qencral Plf4pattick, Sir W. Grant, Ci pt.oin Sir Viletry, Chief justice jay, RI, Won. Spencer Yercoval Mr. Dempster, , . Mr. Sturt, Marquis of Lothian, Mr. :11, P. AndreW4, Earl of Dostidorahl, Mr. Fitiner Hollywood, Lord Cochrane .„. PrAitessor Davy. Sir Alexander Cochrane, olio 44c. 4rc. the unparal 101 ird StoCcess whielt has attended the publiesa lion of Nino Vol:ti tteattif thilabovinnionioned Watt, add thst rapid Side of malty l'hnuowl capipo of successive large kidimt !WAS. 1111 W t e rn OUf '6lllit4 t , ; , :4lty any furthet Expianaaion of 44 approved and highly t,4:11,1 Han: Elmo has, howovcr, ccuitzrrA Feat* en this Publics ' :ion, which it -could nut uripo4liy 040444, and th 4 Linbi3,44N, Scythe of al* w has converted rile early VittitillieS s wit ti Karla few cxeeptiont, into 4 Nevro!ogy or Obi - tory of -departed .excellert.CO. In. this point or , v,tew tho.%Vorkg Oxhibiti new claims .to general interest ; anti ra evvry lititzes4ivc kdelion Tura been careftikly. revised - mud improved, the vlO , k mtY ganctilly reCtifCtl as a lattliftil 'Biographical Ilisiory tit the present . Tion:!6.• j ire litlilCo 41E111 W ftfOot,, that since the cornmitucenitAt of xho ork, in g0:46 4 g ll% Ictuct4b[v cutioaiiy r4j4tith: to .I*GtttiaCters, n&haltln'no insr.toiCe tip. ‘vitil t7Rrtl ,P l ifitof9( ilierltr i ilklif. : l4cely, awl !oh& Paterno§tip....,rovv, and ty be ro,ni al Boolt:Asil.;,;) arm I)calvrs in h44,k h . ofwltrrr, H)4y t)e fi d a, nvw 411:1 jevciuti fi'd4ionsof eithe4 or a ll.,the lorinerNinerAraittanes; psis. Shifitiogi tacit, Fi boardi. pR.O6I.Et:Tu..J 4 A Saw PER !GOMA'. WORK, TO rati ENTITI.IIO THE EDINBURGH ANNUAL REGISTER. T HE flourishing state o f t h e Li terature of Britain, and its widely extended influence among her inha bitants, are blessiogs oat) inferior. to those of civil . peace and personal liberty, with which they are so closely entwined. On the Continerit, the voice of historic truth has been silenced, . and her researches interditted. The progress of despotistn has been u universal as rapid. Front the shores or Holland to the Cimmerian regions of Tartary, light atter light has been quenched, and Nation after Nation consigned to the darkness and apathy dr.' ignorance. The States of Switzerland anal Holland, the smaller Principalities and Civic Republic* of Germany and Italy, have been torced to I resign that independence, which had been spared by former Conquerors, .ev-it when defended only by an ancient and venerable name. Those tree Cities, wilier: encashed the curly sparks of Religious Reformation, and the hardly less bit,:red embers of .Classical_Learning. have, mi.; by one, beheld their Press broken or fettered, their Academies new,. modelled or dispersed, their Authors awed alto releme by prescription anti military execution,• or more shainetuliy ~ rinbeil to plead the cause of Foreign Tyranny; by went, Gibbons, arid, pensioue. Nut toil.e, : lias the e ner; ..twe e t e t, hhltr en' irriientereepted'; but the lusher en initie t s of imorma tiou, those journals, . NeWsisapers, and °their periodical Publications,whuse supplies, though 11th V ithial ly scanty, are as essential as those ut 'nooks tea .river, have born altogether edit oft; or polluted at their very Source. There is no voice left upon the Comment to tell thee;-tole of universal_ sub jugation, or bequeetii to posterity alts legacy.. of fetribn. lion. In such emergency, it is fortunate, not for-England only, but for the world, that there never Wili A petitAt of our. ilt4.- tory, when kitowledge was so widely diffused,. learning so highly honoured, and literary merit su much fostered and caressed. We would willingly, in circulustairces so honorable to Brice it, trace an olliell or the future political regeneration of Europe, I 1 the love ut knowledge, .else. where damped or extinguishetl, glows :wrong us with a brilliance more dazzling as more condensed, let us trust that it is preserved by the wisdom of Providerice for the future exigencies of the universe. The Greeke, after the Persian iuvation, decreed, that their household tires, polluted by the Darbartaos should be rekindled by a !mann trout the altar of Apollo. 'I t may not be too proud, or too presumptuous 4 hope, that our Island is destined ; unis day to be the Delphos, where Nations, whose colleges end shrines have been eon . laminated by a yet I n ure cruel, bruause a more systematic tyranny, shall repair to obtain a spark of te-illuininatioia. Where, indeed, Unless in . the 2rulats of ilritalit; can future Histortans deeive materials lof the', history of this event, NJ period ? It must not then be wondered at, that at such A tints, and with such a prospe c t, each, even the feeblest among us, should proffer tne ex ercise ut his ritleutS, where likely to be attended wall the slightest advantage to to the Cause of Britisti History i and it is under these im presions, that the Editor 'otters to the Public the present r lap,couscious,that while his task is humble and unostenta- Cirrus, the execution cannot be considered as useless or unim portant. in assuming, for his periodical Work, trio title of The EDINISUR.GIi ANNUAL REGISTER; the Editor is sen sible that he luaus himself with edditiotud testi...suability. The Metropolis of Scotland has been long a mignty name in the annals at Literature, though, penults, never more universally honoured than in the present day. The Editor dares not hope that his _el:Earn:can add to its tattle ; yet, should he be able to carry into edict the Plan now sub mitted to the Public, he trusts Tins EDINBURGH AN NUAL' REGISTER will be no discredit to the City where it is published, and whence-it derives its mune. 1. TheHl STO It YofEUIt 0 e E, tar the ystar aeli, will far-citny the first General Division of the. propoiNt Register. !flit Editor is aware of this peculiar diffkulttes.attending the komposttion of such Annals; the entcherathin of which May shew, that he has carefully considered the suojetl, and is pre. pared to crainhat, it not to overcoLile them. This requisites demtuided fur the composition of gene' ral and of periodical History, do sot, perhaps, greatly Oilier. A sacred veneretion•fur truth; a patient research through dubious and inutradictory authorities; a lucid arrangement of the materials so peitittiliy collected ; a judicious selection, generalizing de tails, yet 'retaining every cireuitistaoce 0%41 , 4i:41'61re of the ACturs and of the age ; a style, emirbabe and dignified in the 'narration of iaiportant events, conose in the less iiiterrsthkg pessages, but ilatural, clear, and untitheicti throngli the whole; these requisites are its peremptority demanded from him who compiles the Annals or a Year, as from the Hist°- , ri.in ut a Hundred Centuries. Ur, if tome abdernent be made in favcaur of the humbler Labourer, it will liardly . be found to counterbalance his disadvantages. The Materials or the Historian maj, indeed beoot difficult access, ordulniutsautlio. rity, meagre in amount, obscure in purport, 411(1 irteconcile.. able wan each other. But there are subbtatoteS tor thew. de. fieietteice. Tiind to wheel, to systematize, tocoilate r and to arrange his materials, is at the Writer's command ; minl,.. where industry is totally unsuccesslul, he poSseeses, or at least often claims, the right of exerentin t ; ingenuity and con. jecture, The scantiness of Facts may be la wi ti i. y supplied oy Hypothesis, provided the Author can make tbusti winch he possessee hang together, and depend upon each other. If que. yoi ulna *triities him with the Comineneenwrit of a War, and another Authority with its Terulalatiou, the space be tween may besafely tilled with conjettures, which cannot be easily refuted, if acconimodated to the admitted events. Tile Historian may thus throW an arch over a gap is ftli A uthuri. tics, tor he Itas Fiala 00 Which to 14414 tee Abutments at eirett extremity. But the Annalist has no such heelless. His conjectures rather resemble the bridge in the Vision of „Mir.. la ; one end, indeed, fixed and vistule, but the other lost in the c.outis and darkness of futurity. Even while he writes, the passing hour may give the lie to his theury ere it is illy upon the tuner ; and, should he venture, at propnecy, lie will do well previously to insure the MIL of iiiviraltoll. Of the quantity of. his Materials, the Annalist has IfltiCed tittle lea liOti, to coutplaio ; bur, in value, they are la Ulterior to those el the Histurian. Authentic; Documents, and original State Papers.,:Catt only be recovered tater the lapse of pilerathlili," And their place is but poorly supplied oy contemporaneous reports grounded *A frequently oft wilful taiselioottlin popular view :whoa. Tito superabundance of such eptlcineral and apocryphal Materials chemises the Dinh:tithes 41'44100w totitt.htietury A titi,,r ilr.-i, ah,l it,hibles chow liceithar to the .4 i 16,1/4. frosts the sihothyss ot that:. fistioittcd for itelett_oii„ cotiativii, anti arran t ,-::incht. It were to be weeder.! that ,41 ; q evil stopped frea - e. nut, although the HiStOriiitt liiiftelfrititht to beware tiow he yields to the seduetion of Theory, or of Prejudice, the dangeritiorn Stich Ptcpusessioni ii Ctiliatti!ett in a more iterate...ink: tie,eree to him, whose narriastvesompre. Unite only the passuig events of Itie own times, The Pre. .lielices of the locitter ate those of a winery sitotiat, Peculiar to himself, and whic.ii caller the Counsel of friends, or the VA:Le at candid Criticism, nay enable him to correct, lint the Coinaeion of Party .teelieg is Out colltliied to Mc .min. ilst'it own ,rouht; it is above, about, tined at - maid hint ;he tiVathcs itt an 11114t0 irtillOspbere ; find IS weer Woe* to 111 S, erre, s, s..4acely mote by the factious applause ut fil, I , (tends, wait by We no less-tedious oppositioreot his *leer. *4:14, YIA these various disadvantages, though formidable; are need ,npereble; they may be las:Anted, it not t ota ll y ' over.. riot - :: bcitilloilit° sitteution e and the :Issas tati‘e of ,juritinutis 541d.1 Il.informed f riends, May eienale the 'z rinahlit to vitt has eittrial, - anal to digest them itt an ord er , which though i . c.zio t loirdi) u,.; es petted to exhiou the i'hilosuptrifOr lint- we t , rosy p,, , :11r. in a I:unite:led awl systematized tentative, the leas, win, li balk been given to the Public-in insulated altoshridua A l iti.ulattty. "I'lw advantage of such content 114— citteou.; ilistory 'will he h.....istily appreciated,. welch .raj at. tolpt, wittitA,“ its assistance, to recall . to IllerigOry the 1, yews • cis` our own nine. Such aihl so tapici leas been their twist- Hon, and so frequently hive the inmortaiit NeVis of Yester.; day been lost and merged ut the yet more MOllleittoti3 I ttrel It: Once of Vo - ilaY, diet' the ttonfwed, dark, and indistinct int pre6lilott 'iq'as s Wiwi tots' as the cloud that has drifted to he. ward a tier discliargirik its, fintri.le rs, To this may be added; that, irciii tee abrupt titoOtio %villa Esti el ligence is cOrrlrrloa, niefc(f through Ili,: c.teaolliffs ~,r Ga4ctles land NCWltikaptrs', irtfi OUCII ‘iAtf,:ult, or ilittpoUitfie, to trace Events to their . otitteet!iittCauses. Thallbstorice; part or 'Elec . I'4 Ice fst sa wall at ot,ti have the advantage tit recalling the *vents ni the Past Fear to tilt: Aietlioiy, aria (Stittat:we their Progress, hear- iiit,i, aiia vele‘uulicieli. "So edger. shrill be vxrett tovocor. a, . .. ..-. the most enlightened and a , i! I wide Intelligence ets:tee. 'Mg Occurren ces of lin pot tette; tent; Foreign and n j oineet m ic ; nor would the Editor intrude himself upon such a fask, were he not confident of possessing sources of ioternit t ion not gauntly accessible to the Public. In nitrating public stroll, files, awl particularly those of a itoinestic Nature, he must tql equal!, the delicacy and the iinpoft.ince of his 'Duty. To assert that he is c 3 Sable of reviewing . end relating the Debatea oft wo contending parties, each claiming the praise.** int. biased rectitude of Illteiltioll.lind.buisting the distinetioo of the most splendid mallet endowments, with a mind unite, &vocal by the arguments of either, would be the exereniity of posumptiolt ; since it *Quid be assuming to Monett in. dividuaily the powt r of observing e golden mean, witi c the ablest seal most enlightened of the kingdom welt s Wei V i lig into extreincs. But, if to ground his political creed, not upon pay s but upon principle ; it to be Absolutely and ut. telly tuntOnnecled with any political persons, In power or in opposition ; if to be alike • about hope and without fear, beneath flattery, and ter above threats ; if these can give a' claim to intlepetidenee, the Editor hely assert it with confidence and with truth. He therefore trusts, that the Annals which he ettays to cottipile, that' be 101111 4 'welt)! materials ter tuture history, it they 114411, not theinseFee isa thought worthy of aapititie to that distineitiSlisd name, And it, as must boppen Jitter his beat etterts, l it: silent! bit , e4cabioll Ait y It) itirets : tuittritWtiters . arty icatn e fiiivhis e er. ruts the " form and pressure" ce th e t i me in which itt heliteit; and obaiqvq, with utivantage, hen dilltioently the sarne creme Atitiet the contemporary Miter. and thtyge who are removed from the tnishoiresailtatiOnisand prejudice* tat the periiet in which the have passed. ‘ . 11. As • -A I'PENPIX to the HISTORY w ill be o`iit•-• led an amp e C o ll e cti on of the State Pap'T ers of the year, he use of these is sdnieiently obviouS k and care wilt Ise Wool, by comparing the °outstations v:itli o thesrigiiiite to give a Foreign liocturtents in a more eartect elate than that iii wh:,Jt they are usual ly.olfered tte the British Pitt:tic. . .. Ili. it EPoRT 41 D LOA TE S in PAR hi Mlt .".• "I",-- in this bottle% of his 'RegiSter, the .foliror int ' ecess.iily be concise ; hut he hopes .to, be tonna equall t.curate sd, ittipartiel. At resit no ()eine shall be spool to procure the must detailed and authentic account of eaCh Debate ; `end; in compressine a t in, no other distinction shall treeitlntitted ) 4 :6 than Out artsit*frorn the eeniparative intuit of the Speeches,, and importance af the subjects discussed.' s IV ,, VIIRONICLE or REMARKAI3LE EVENTr.'-- This ieintended to Comprehend such Incidents la eiti;:x font' no pin of the General History Of the year, or are Only slight.; ly touched upon. It will naturally contain—. ' t. Piot:ceding of the Courts of I ustice in renlarkable Cosset in England, Scotland, and I ri•land. ` 2. Casualties, and Remarkable OCturrences, Forelen arid Domestic. 3. Promotions, Marriages, Births, and Deaths. ' ' , . V. BIOGRAPHY of REMARKABLE and EMINENT , PE It SOVS, commencing with those who lialiti aim dutieg ' the teretehtt:centut v. It the Editor is Able to render ,trio • Publidation valiteble in other respects, hs hata little felt thin . this bfanCif"will be enlarged at least, it not altegether app. plied, by the voluntary contributions of these whit eeeloa respectable place of deposit for the counnemoretiotr of de; e . parted genius and worth. , • VI, ORIGINAL COM.MUNICATIONS on the . .fole ' lowing sohleete i Cenend Literatpreeticience, the Fine Arts; . the Useful Arts, Poetry, Political Economy,' Asatiquitios e , In this important branch of his pieta, the Feinor.hes been • honoured with the promise of acti v e assistance trien seovral . . distitiguisited Literary Characters. lie in, eurouraged, to hope, that more than one of the most. popular living Poets will make contribution to this alepertineot; and, whil e hn . boasts a distincti on so mety misittabte, it, may be received as a pledge by the Poitlie, that no inferior. or even itidittet ene • verses, shall be 'admitted to occontparty their protittetions. In the other depart ments enumerated, it will be his pritle and "re to PrthAtet 24 teltatevar °Ocoee* contanuoieetions A termine excellence. Thoae, who Knew this present (rte o gcottish Literature, will be aware of the ficiiiriisti whiO it • presents for the at ta in ment o f t his' ambitinits obje4... VII. II I S'PORY OF LITERATURE, threign and doe mestie. it has been common tar werks of this kind to Come tail] a Review of new publications. Bet it app' ears to the Editor, that, from the limited space which couhf tie asties.. ed to such a Review in his volume, it would he in every taunt unsatisfaCtory, even if that high departino tonal nt of iite let were not already ill the handS of °theta, Willizie ZiCkilOWitA4l., eti abilities siattd•pledged to fulfilment. Pot 3 ilktiiiical account of the. etete of learning, which, Without preteitilitte to analyze poputefeworks, or make extr a s iftitii,thitii,„.Of4 profeSsC3 to point oat the extent and,the causes of thelopott pularity ; to trace IIOW far they have a p t'hiie ctaed 'bribe taste o f , the public, or have given it a new iulse; end to give a general and at'StelNitlC view Of contentramiry theta. ture.esstitiieit still a Clesideratinn, yet cannot oe. alledged to interfere - with the labours of periodical criticism In this view of the publications of period, the usual rule of criti cism is indeed in some degree. reversed i because, instead of inquiring how Far they deserve sutitess, it is intended to I. certain how . far popularity, actually obtained, is grounded upon real merit, or upon „ielventittous circutnitanCei. in short, it is desigoesi to I'4oooo rt , View father of the state' of public taste, than of the litilleittuel works by which it tuts been influenced, or attraisted, Cesterel, - howeteas ea 'atkli i i re p ort professes to be, it triust necessarily inelude some ac count at those Works which have gained a , more then corn. man share tif popUlatity, at Well 11$ 0( the perioilic4tl still. eisto.which has Air its professed .objett the jlist direti...ft of pulatiC,..taste. 4 f tint proposition should tie ii:e:ned pre. sumptuous,' the. Public may neverthele s e be asu i s e n nut its difficulty has been tatefelly weighed; and it would not have &untie place in thit ProspeClus, had not the Editor already secured such auxiliaries as !tat make good his personal deft. erienees. The; same conviiftien•of receiving the most respcd4. able assistance, enables' hint Wolter to the Public the subiee quctitikanclica of his Plan. , VIII. ti ISTO RO V f SC I UWE. A difficult but Most important übjeet in our Pilin e . is to traces the enitual ad. vances of Science.' I'hilosophic:4l diecovery is oy its uaturo progressive; new objeets doe - 4, endless, tinceessiotie that circle of tlte horizon swells on the view, and that perfection which admits contirniellipproach is the term Of an humen attainments. Science ptel , entee twO grand divisions-.tins Mathemeticel and the Pin sical. 1 4 11AtileitliAlC3, after ea 'litany ages of succesefulscultere, may he presumed to liave, at Imgtli, reached tbri r maturity. They still continue, in. deed, to edvenetti but their prsgreess is not marked by thtis* ‘ cot rii ii" Winn:, WhlCit dazzle the pieetioti a aoeetetor. Mu c h, tiotveveri• is yet wentitot tit the beaky ;net' adaptation in the materials, to complete the s •Inuert ry, of that VAR cr4 , ..,40(in Of genius.-- We shalt notice whit pecutter satiSfaetteti time stir.. tereitaCquiaitione,Whellter celcolate‘ite eiders*: the struetetto or to improve its simplicity Joel eleita l ite. The 'Science of 4' hysice; forms the twenties beast of ma. dery times. Chid' dby to r kight of exited inept, it lois matte the most astonishing ' adtatt" and ''continites to ineve ter., want with eeettinelatcftegge , AYherevet ithas lesehted tint :rider aeotnetry, its per, tritiS trirVoi , eiv st , l id Anti cootpletes A ii- . tfouronY. tothuteil Oh observation totriblntxt,witr; NiAtitClll3li., cal Research, is justly regertied as the most petted: mid so. binge 0... z 1 , `itte*iences. It IS:LS:a-Netted essential improve. mews, even.inOur own tones ; and the mete reeseitlite 1 .4w51, or the Unieefee, which the revolution of ettes will cotatiern thAy; bteteli4toetel, by the eltiltularpplicatten of the, nigher dta l ly atiatti` ,heit abstruse dedlittinnit will, no doubt,' ti- ma. t tro T plitied Oder:tended, , pet .ti1e'44.11.1 Seiee'Lve of ~ Navigation gief Ueography, promise inure t.iptd itoptove. ....- meet: Diticoveriesmusekeeppaeat with t a rt . spirit ot"acti. vity etalkenterpritit winch eistinguislieselte pi ekt , tt r ri4(l,-; 7 , When IMatt,Citt 1 ravel let's' penetrate t let reitestst tCoiitortee s and Shipia;'-lit the unbolt so scheines, tither lit w er O r cease tierce, cove? the tace of atte oCeeit.. ~. NaturalPiftiOl44)4,, lit„iiii i34.1)1311C44,1, acsattnealoesceS. sire improveinents, Illechanics, eiel ilyitrostattes,' have et- teeth at otinettst cerfain.deenteeoftetaietlM... but flytireittiss,- netwithstateling the 'weal esaliteece it ,t.ei trete vett fri;to Ue,,,„,. onestry, is ).:t in 3 very imperkit hits(,:. within then-dew; Years, lilwever, the invest(gstjoos ltave been rvrn suetimith Nater,crte4; and tv,: it.iii:iiiati . with c,,,:fith 4tl ,,: t: Ali t: i nt . PtOvettlents wit-lc:44111s useful tatattch cif seiyiEcti is tic::Stiiii!,l.l tit t , , , T hose p3 , rx . o f pee,i e s w hum rt;ivn r ti 0 t yet formed an union whh si.dierueitLei Sjitr.i.o, ,it . ,l. t.i be coneetered ii Pill in their trilaticy„ Alta inatjore paViiilyTku Men tittii : liar-. vest oftliaeoVetp - rilegoet:teel eiEttii4t.teeetts anti itliv,VG3titlf ie: , Oit'S ; 'bitt'EleafiCity clitliiiLi the irit: littosti l t ;Mat sus.. Prit4til getttlittitatitante 4 anti liteee popt4litie orneee, tee insist • Dec. 24, Rog. ''HE PRINCIP,IL 01.110ERS and COM of Ha Majesty's Nosy do hereby give Notice, that on Tburrday, the Sth9l janotaty went at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may , kwit log eontrair for'steppiying Llir Majesty's Yards 'at Rettford, 1V,61- Wich; Chatham, Sheerness, Portsistouth,, and P?yintutb, with the fiAlvint RED attd WHITE LEAD. and INCREQJENI'S ,fir wak . ire CA i N.T. Forms of the render's:may be seen at this (.I . lficr. M Tender wilt& receive,/ alter TWelve o'Cir.ek On the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, sinless the lowly, or an Agent jar him, attentis. • . . Each Tender must 6e accompanied by a letter from PHI respeO r • able Pei'sons engaging. to become:inn/Pa with the Person tendering in the .S3 , lns of e door; far . die due perf,rnsotce of each of tip Contra,-7r. VilC 7l / 4 /.4//VG.OFPICfi i l e . 39,0808. rrin CO3IIIIISSIONEIiSforVIC.FIL-iLtING His .liajesty's V‘zirry do hereby give Notice,. Tsoi on TATAdtpi the loth g/ January next, thor be waft, l to re-i rely, readers in, Viwiting /tented up), and teeat 0 : ?: died rots of IRON VAT 1100 PS, Two fitsidred 'Tout sf 114 11 1 N BUTT 'HOOPS, and One llundred and Eighty' Ta •- ;f:i ./ IRO N PLATE 1100 P S to le delivered in 7en..lrirkr. bj !Perky Nr tporgioni, into His Ake,fyi s s torea o f Deptlord add re qe paid for by 111114 payable, Fit?) Offeror, ninety J:O4 ajfer RaCoNaithizf of Me Contrafir, and Samples of the Mop:, »Hy/Ai seen at the Secret try's qtfice. Nu regard tat& 44d toa l y Tender in which the Ptice shall 161 he iltuktd itt.wordt leneb, or that shall not he delivered to the Ilaard boav One'O'Clock on the said Tuesday, she teith of Anxt4try rtextilite unless the Person yob* . onkel ibe Tender, OP sone person on Lis &bath attends, to answer, when exiled for. j IA&